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My aquarium will revolve around Discus fish so keep that in mind if you want to help. I’m trying to keep fish that are showy since it will be in my dining area.

These are the fish I’m considering:
8-10 Discus (8 inches)
10 Corydoras
4-6 German blue rams (maybe because I have to shown caution with the other fish)
4-6 Praecox Rainbow
3-4 Blue Gouramis (maybe because I have to show caution with discus)
10-15 Neon Tetras

I’ve read that I should keep about 1 discus for every 10 gallons. Since I have 150 gallons to work with, I figure I can keep about 8-10 with still plenty of room.

For filters, I’ll have either two penguin wheel 350’s (filters up to 75 gallons which will be 150) or two emperor 400’s (filters up to 80 gallons which will be 160).

For aeration, if I still need need something because I’ll already have two power filters, I’ll use bubble walls/wands.

For heating I’ll use two 250 watt heaters. Any specific brands you recommend?

Extras will be put into details.
Not too sure on what plants would work well with my set-up, so what would you recommend? I want live plants in this aquarium.

For gravel, I’ll use brown gravel to have a more natural look as suggested by MagicMan.

I’ll by a master test kit to measure my water parameters because I know that’s a must.

For weekly water changes, what would you recommend for a tank of this size? My kitchen sink is about 25-30 feet away if that helps on selection.

Any other advice would help greatly. Thank you.

I have a 20 gallon freshwater tank for over a year now. The problem is, every time i add new fish they die. Usually, the fish hangs out in the corners of the tank and at the bottom, they don’t swim around like they should. I have 1 male swordtail and 1 loach. They are the only fish that have survived for a descent amount of time. I believe that the amonia, nitrate, etc. levels are fine; however, I dont have a kit but I only have 2 fish and I keep up on partial water changes. The pH level is alkaline but it should be in range for the swordtails I do add and from what I understand, they are hardy fish. In addition, the plants that I have in my tank are surviving but their not really taking off like they should be. Is it possible that the pH is causing the problem? If it is how can I fix this? And other than pH, what else could be causing new fish to die in my tank and what can I do to keep these fish alive in the future? Any help would be much appreciated.
I do acclimate the fish before I put them in and I have an underground filter, sorry, I probably should have said that before. It is usually afer a few days that they die on me. Occasionally some of the new fish get ich but currently none of the new ones i added today or the old ones have it. I rescently treated the tank for it though.

i have 2 male guppies 1 platy 3 baby play 1marble molly and 2 pentazona barbs, i only want to add fish around the same size as the ones i already have but im not sure what will be compatible with what i have already i wanted killifish but i can’t get them anywhere any ideas???
pentazona barbs are non aggressive

TAKE A LOOK AT MY OTHER VIDEOS www.fischbottich.de [Pterophyllum] +++ This is a tank of a Zoo Aquarium near my hometown. +++ The population of this tank Angelfish / Skalare oder Segelflosser (Pterophyllum)

TAKE A LOOK AT MY OTHER VIDEOS www.fischbottich.de [Ancistrus] +++ Unfortunately, the important things happens in the dark, but at 2:34 the footage will be a bit brighter. This is another video of my fully grown adult Bristlenose plecs. My biggest one (14cm (5.5inch)) long, mating with my biggest female. You can see how my female enters the cave and how she leaves it at the end. +++ Thepopulation of this 420 liter (111 gallon) tank: Pearl Gourami / Mosaikfadenfische (Trichogaster leeri) Blue three spot gourami / Blaue Fadenfische (Trichogaster trichopterus) Kissing gouramis / Küssende Guramis (Helostoma temminkii) Clown loach / Prachtschmerlen (Chromobotia macracanthus) Red-tailed black shark / Feuerschwanz Fransenlipper (Epalzeorhynchos bicolor) Chinese algae-eater / Siamesische Saugschmerlen (Gyrinocheilus aymonieri) Tiger barb / Sumatrabarben (Puntius tetrazona) Kuhli loach / Gefleckte Dornaugen (Pangio kuhlii) Borneo loach / Borneodornauge (Pangio Shelfordii)?) Bristlenose plecs / Antennenwelse (Ancistrus) Siamese algae eater / Siamesische Rüsselbarbe, Grünflossenbarbe oder Siamensis (Crossocheilus siamensis)